In Gaza, as in much of the world, September usually means sharpened pencils, pressed uniforms, and the first day of class. This year, the month arrived with bombed-out buildings, new displacement orders, and worsening famine.

At 10 on a hot Sunday morning in the southern city of Khan Younis, a teacher named Alaa Abu Sabt stood before a group of about 20 children. They were gathered in what everyone in their camp calls “the educational tent”—though the only signs that the structure was being used as a school were some pencils, stacks of loose paper, a single jar of crayons, and a blackboard, balanced precariously between two broken chairs.

“Let us wait a little more until the others come,” Alaa told the children. That morning, a water truck from an aid organization had arrived, and most o

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